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Minister D.Ganbat meets French Ambassador
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ D.Ganbat, Minister for Road and Transport Development met with Elisabeth Barsacq, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Mongolia on January 26, yesterday.
At the beginning of the meeting, the Minister remarked on how the friendly relations between Mongolia and France are flourishing in political, economic, social, cultural and other spheres. He also noted that cooperation in investment and technology exchange should be intensified.
He also touched on objectives set by Mongolian Government for the near future, including ‘New Railroad’ project, the progress of new Ulaanbaatar International Airport, and further opportunities and proposals for cooperation. In particular, the Minister talked about the use of helicopter for emergency and medical services to remote areas, and introduction of French technology to Mongolian transportation sector, expressing his wish to cooperate with the Embassy on implementation of such projects, training specialists, and learning from France’s experience.
According to the Minister, the Ministry of Road and Transport Development is studying the chances to install smoke filters in vehicles in order to reduce air pollution, and he made a proposal to cooperate in this area.
For her part, Ambassador Barsacq said that she would be pleased to support Mongolia’s transport development, having worked in transportation sector. She also informed of the possibility to convey requests to European Union organizations on the feasibility of long term soft loans for projects to be implemented in Mongolia.
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